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HONEY LEMONSODA (2021)
- Director
- SHINTOKU Koji
- Cast
- Raul, YOSHIKAWA Ai
Raul from the idol group Snow Man stars in the coming-of-age film adapting the girls' manga 'Honey Lemon Soda'. In the director's chair is Shintoku Koji who made his feature debut with Peach Girl. Bullied in middle school, Uka (Yoshikawa Ai) enters ...
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Silence on that Day (2021)
- Director
- IMAMURA Ayako
- Cast
- KATO Enao, KOIZUMI Shoju, KIKUCHI Tokichi
The Connecting Bridge director Imamura Ayako spent ten years covering people who cannot hear and disasters for this documentary film. When Imamura visited the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster area immediately after the catastrophe, she was seize...
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NO CALL NO LIFE (2021)
- Director
- IGASHI Aya
- Cast
- YUKI Mio, INOUE Yuki
Kabei Yukako's same-named novel arrives on the silver screen to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the talent agency Horipro. Igashi Aya grabbed the spotlight with her feature film debut A Crimson Star, and she scripted and helmed this story about t...
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Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis (2021)
- Director
- KOUJINA Hiroshi
- Cast
- MINAGAWA Junko, MATSUYAMA Takashi, TAKAHASHI Mikako
First full 3DCG animated feature film for the "Prince of Tennis" TV series based on the popular manga. Three days after winning the grueling national championships, Echizen Ryoma (Minakawa Junko) heads for the US to train on his own. However, upon a...
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Kakegurui 2: Ultimate Russian Roulette (2021)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- HAMABE Minami, TAKASUGI Mahiro, FUJII Ryusei
Second feature film adaptation of the TV drama based on the popular comic. "Tokyo Revengers" director Hanabusa Tsutomu returns to the helm with original story supervised by Kawamoto Homura, creator of the original story. In Hyakkaoh Private Academy ...
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Tokyo Revengers (2021)
- Director
- HANABUSA Tsutomu
- Cast
- KITAMURA Takumi, YAMADA Yuki, SUGINO Yosuke
Director Hanabusa Tsutomu, who has had a hand in numerous manga-based films, adapts to live-action the identically titled manga by Wakui Ken who is known for "Shinjuku Swan" among others. The story depicts a man living a sullen life who goes back in ...
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Love, Life and Goldfish (2021)
- Director
- MAKABE Yukinori
- Cast
- ONOE Matsuya, MOMOTA Kanako, KAKIZAWA Hayato
Acclaimed for his feature film debut I AM A MONK, Makabe Yukinori helms this live-action adaptation of Otani Noriko's same-named manga about "kingyo sukui," the goldfish catching game at summer festivals. The protagonist is a formerly high-flying ban...
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JUMP!! : The Heroes Behind the GOLD (2021)
- Director
- IIZUKA Ken
- Cast
- TANAKA Kei, TSUCHIYA Tao
Drama based on the true story of test jumpers at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, where Japan's ski jump team won its first-ever Gold Medal. Directed by Iizuka Ken of Step and Rainbow Days. Nishikata Jinya (Tanaka Kei) was on the national team for the prev...
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, ARIMURA Kasumi, TAKAHASHI Issey
Film in the two-part live-action finale to the "Rurouni Kenshin" series based on Watsuki Nobuhiro's swashbuckler comic. Starring Satoh Takeru and helmed by Otomo Keishi, the series has been streamed in over 100 countries worldwide. Based on the Tsu...
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021)
- Director
- OTOMO Keishi
- Cast
- SATOH Takeru, TAKEI Emi, ARATA Mackenyu
Film in the two-part live-action finale to the "Rurouni Kenshin" series based on Watsuki Nobuhiro's swashbuckler comic. Starring Satoh Takeru and helmed by Otomo Keishi, the series has been streamed in over 100 countries worldwide. Depicts Kenshin'...
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The Sun Stands Still (2021)
- Director
- HASUMI Eiichiro
- Cast
- FUJIWARA Tatsuya, TAKEUCHI Ryoma, SATO Koichi
Suspense about a special mission under extreme circumstances based on the same-named novel by Yoshida Shuichi, whose novels "Rage" and "Villain" have also been adapted for film. Takano (Fujiwara Tatsuya) and his partner Taoka (Takeuchi Ryoma) are ag...
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SUICIDE FOREST VILLAGE (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- YAMADA Anna, YAMAGUCHI Mayu
The second horror film in the "terror village" series following Shimizu Takashi's Howling Village, it depicts under the backdrop of Mt. Fuji's dense woodlands a world of madness and chaos brought on by the terror of a cursed box. Once upon a time, a...
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Restart (2021)
- Director
- SHINAGAWA Hiroshi
- Cast
- EMILY, SWAY
Comedian Shinagawa Hiroshi has worked on many films as a director. His latest work is this coming-of-age film set in the town of Shimokawa in Hokkaido and describes the restart of a 28-year-old musician who returns home after her dream of being a mus...
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The Past is Always New, The Future is Always Nostalgic Photographer Daido Moriyama (2021)
- Director
- IWAMA Gen
- Cast
- MORIYAMA Daido, KANBAYASHI Yutaka, MACHIGUCHI Satoshi
This documentary is a close-up portrait of photographer Moriyama Daido who won the 2019 Hasselblad Award, referred to as the "Nobel Prize of photography", and is still active as a photographer even at over 80 years of age. Serving as director, cinema...
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Angry Rice Wives (2021)
- Director
- MOTOKI Katsuhide
- Cast
- INOUE Mao, MIURA Takahiro, NATSUKI Mari
Entertaining film about the "rice riots" said to be the first example of citizen activism by women in Japan. Matsuura Ito (Inoue Mao) is a wife with three kids who works as a female laborer hauling bales of rice to the shore. The wives are vexed by ...
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PORNOGRAPHER: PLAYBACK (2021)
- Director
- MIKI Koichiro
- Cast
- TAKEZAI Terunosuke, IZUKA Kenta
The "Pornographer" manga series about the dictation of erotic literature hits the silver screen after being adapted as a live-action TV drama. Sensitive depiction of the tension and affection between two people who care about each other but fail to c...
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LIAR x LIAR (2021)
- Director
- YAKUMO Saiji
- Cast
- MATSUMURA Hokuto, MORI Nana
The comic of the same name which has surpassed over 1.9 million total copies published is adapted to live-action by Mars director Yakumo Saiji. The unusual love story depicts a "love triangle" between only two people which began with a lie. Minato (...
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ZOKKI (2021)
- Director
- TAKENAKA Naoto, YAMADA Takayuki, SAITOH Takumi
- Cast
Directors Takenaka Naoto, Yamada Takayuki and Saitoh Takumi bring comic artist Ohashi Hiroyuki's early work to the big screen. A girl is horrified by the sheer number of secrets revealed by her grandfather. A man journeys somewhere south aiming for ...
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The Master Plan (2021)
- Director
- SATOH Yuichi
- Cast
- IWATA Takanori, ARATA Mackenyu, YAMADA Anna
Suspense featuring Iwata Takanori and Arata Mackenyu as buddies who are two sides of the same coin. The final twenty minutes feature a shocking finale. Kida (Iwata) and Makoto (Arata) share a powerful bond. The former outcasts spend a decade fightin...
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Brave: Gunjyou senki (2021)
- Director
- MOTOHIRO Katsuyuki
- Cast
- ARATA Mackenyu, MIURA Haruma, YAMAZAKI Hirona
Live-action feature film adaptation of Kasahara Maki's popular comic about high school teens who time travel to the Sengoku Period with their school building in tow. Helmed by Motohiro Katsuyuki of the "Bayside Shakedown" series, which hit a box offi...
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Under the Open Sky (2021)
- Director
- NISHIKAWA Miwa
- Cast
- YAKUSHO Koji, NAKANO Taiga, HASHIZUME Isao
Naoki Prize-winning author Saki Ryuzo's 'Mibuncho' serves as the basis for this character-driven drama. The Long Excuse director Nishikawa Miwa transplants the book's original setting thiry-five years later to the present-day. Former yakuza Mikami (...
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INU-OH (2021)
- Director
- YUASA Masaaki
- Cast
- Avu-chan (Queen Bee), MORIYAMA Mirai
Yuasa Masaaki directs this musical animated film adaptation of the novel "THE TALE OF THE HEIKE: THE INU-OH CHAPTERS" which is based on the true story of Noh master Inu-oh who performed between the Nanboku-cho Period and Muromachi Era. Manga artist M...
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The Cinderella Addiction (2021)
- Director
- WATANABE Ryohei
- Cast
- TSUCHIYA Tao, TANAKA Kei
Watanabe Ryohei of Shady directed and scripted his project that won the Grand Prix in the Tsutaya Creators' Program Films 2016. This suspense film delves into the mind of a woman who commits a heinous crime that horrifies society. Fukuura Koharu (Ts...
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First Love (2021)
- Director
- TSUTSUMI Yukihiko
- Cast
- KITAGAWA Keiko, NAKAMURA Tomoya, YOSHINE Kyoko
Tsutsumi Yukihiko, who has helmed many hit films, directs this live-action adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning author, Shimamoto Rio's novel. The thriller depicts a certified psychologist delving into the mental state of a murderer who killed without a...
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IT'S A FLICKERING LIFE (2021)
- Director
- YAMADA Yoji
- Cast
- SAWADA Kenji, SUDA Masaki, NAGANO Mei
Drama commemorating the centennial of Shochiku Films. Directed by maestro Yamada Yoji of the "Tora-san" series and The Little House, which won the Silver Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Go (Sawada Kenji) has been spurned his wif...
